Invisible Evangelists -Unnoticed, Untrained and Ignored

Invisible Evangelists –Unnoticed, Untrained, and Ignored

According to Spurgeon, “Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” In other words all Chrstians are called to witness to and represent Jesus throughout their lives. When working overseas in pioneer areas, missionaries often spend much of their time doing the work of an evangelist even if they are not gifted for it because the job desperately needs doing and there is no one else to do it. But what about people who are gifted evangelists in our churches? Peter Wagner reckons about 10% of church members are gifted in this way which seems a reasonable figure from my experience. Where are they? Considering how vitally important mission is how can we ignore this vitally important resource? Most British Christians don’t like the idea of witnessing or sharing their faith, the least we can do is recognise those who are good at it and make sure they are valued, trained, equipped and encouraged. Of course, we all have a job to do in sharing our faith but where are the evangelists who will do this job best? Sadly I know too many churches where evangelists are sitting in pews unaware of their gift or feel they are on the margins of church life unsupported and discouraged.  The time has come to find, nurture, develop and honour those who will be at the forefront of the battle to rescues people from Satan’s clutches. We all have a job to do in identifying, encouraging and praying for evangelists and spurring others to do the same.

Father  help us to identify the people you have gifted to do the work of an evangelist and help them.